Add a metadata collection mode to the STF back end. #3933
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This pull request adds a new test back end that only serializes user metadata from the appropriate target. For v1model, this is the
meta
variable. We can refine this output as needed.For example, for
pins_middleblock.p4
which has the local metadatathe output will be:
This PR also cleans up the P4Tests.cmake files for the BMv2 and eBPF back end and adds options to disable/enable specific test back ends. In this case, we disable the protobuf in favor of the "dummy" metadata back end.